Mark cleary wrote:
On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 1:31:44 PM UTC-6, wrote:
Op woensdag 10 februari 2021 om 18:40:04 UTC+1 schreef Mark cleary:
I have a Garmin 910xt that I use for the bike of course GPS keeps track
of my speed. I decided to get the rear speed sensor that goes around
the rear hub and should come today. So I realize that indoors it makes
sense but what about using it outdoors with the GPS. My understanding
is the speed sensor will overrule the GPS speed data. My years of using
this it is pretty much dead accurate for distance so speed should be
deadly accurate. I have done many long rides and hit the same mileage
marks almost within 10-50 feet for 20-40 miles.

I also bought the cadence sensor and have never used a cadence sensor
figuring I can count my cadence anytime I want. So do any of the group
use a speed sensor when riding outdoors? I guess you can hook it up
with Zwift but I have never used Zwift don't see the benefit as long as
I know my speed on and heart rate on the trainer. I have a cateye at
the moment set up for the back wheel on my trainer bike. I give this
garmin a go. Some how Zwift measures power but I cannot figure out how
that could be anything more than an educated guess.
Deacon Mark............in the very cold midwest
The GPS distance is OK accurate. The speed based on GPS sucks big time.
It goes from 30 km/hr to 25 km/hr and back and forth within seconds. I
don't know what algorithm Garmin uses but it is crap. My Wahoo does a
better job but not as accurate as a speed sensor. I use always a
separate speed sensor when outside and yes it overrules the GPS speed
which wasn't the case a couple of years ago which I never understood and
I complained about that. Ala Garmin doesn't employ the best software people....

Lou
My speed on the GPS seems to be consistent and track pretty even. I also
live in the flatlands that could be another reason. I have always used a
cateye wireless even with the Garmin 910 on the bike. They are almost
deadly consistent with readings never much apart. In fact I did a wheel
roll out on my bike to input the proper wheel diameter for the cateye,
and the margin of error between the GPS and cateye is like 1%. The
overall speed for a 50 mile ride is either the same or possible .1 mph
difference. That is my reluctance to use the sensor outside. I just
hooked it up in the basement and works fine.
Deacon Mark


Probably depends on the Garmin, and age. I have one of the newer 830 edges
ie next generation with the Sony chipset, speed has no glitches even in the
hilly wooded areas.

The older Garmin it replaced would sometimes also was desperately slow as
its CPU was too underpowered.

Roger Merriman